About Dyslexia: choose one or more options

"Dyslexics are slow learners." Both terms mean the same thing.

• Yes certainly.

• Dyslexics and slow learners are different.

• They are different but with some similarities.

• Dyslexia does not exist!

Everyone who has dyslexia reads words backwards, reverses letters, and struggles with loud reading and writing.

• Yes, they do

• No, they only have reversals

• Not necessarily, each person with dyslexia has a unique ability

• Dyslexia is a reading difficulty and has nothing to do with writing

Those diagnosed with dyslexia or any learning difference have poor intelligence (IQ below average).

• Yes, that is one of the ways to confirm a diagnosis of dyslexia

• Not at all, in fact the gap between capability and actual

  performance is one of the ways to diagnose it

• Yes, I think so

• There is no connection between dyslexia and intelligence

Dyslexia goes away once teens learn to read or certainly by the age of 15.

• True

• It goes away once you reach adulthood

• Once you can read there is no dyslexia at all

• Dyslexia is a lifelong condition, though it gets easier over time, if support is provided

Dyslexia is a vision problem.

• No, it has nothing to do with vision

• Yes, it is

• Wearing a particular design of spectacles helps in curing dyslexia

• Students with dyslexia should get their eyesight checked every

  month

Most people (including children and teens) with dyslexia are lazy and need to try harder if they want to do better.

• Yes, they are very lazy and if they know they have dyslexia, they should just work harder

• Dyslexia results from not putting in hard work and avoiding effort

• People with dyslexia become increasingly lazy over time

• This statement is not True

Extra time is an unfair advantage to a student with dyslexia.

• Extra time gives students a chance to express their learning

• Extra time is an important part of support for dyslexia

• No that is not true at all, extra time only helps put the student at par with

  other students

• Extra time is provided by all boards for students diagnosed with dyslexia

Students with dyslexia should not pursue STEM subjects like Science or Engineering.

• Yes, this is true

• They should drop sciences as soon as it is possible

• With the right support they can pursue any profession of their choice

• Dyslexics can be good at only very limited fields/professions

Dyslexia is very rare and uncommon.

• Dyslexia is just a myth and does not exist in reality

• The incidence of Dyslexia is much higher than we are ready to accept

• Dyslexia is an illness of the mind

• True

Dyslexia and ADHD / ADD are the same thing.

• No, they are different neurodiverse conditions

• Yes, they are the same

• They have similarities between them

• None of these really exist and are just the excuses of lazy distracted

  students